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Disclaimer: See chapter One! I hate repeating myself. . .

Chapter 6: Frodo Awakens

It had been an entire week since Tanya and Bianca were given the enchanted knecklaces and neither would speak to eachother. Tanya had been filling up her days in the library with Gandalf or Arwen, Elrond's daughter, while Bianca spent her time playing jokes on the noble elves with Elladan and Elrohir. They avoided eachother every chance they got or if they were unable to, they'd ignore eachother. Tanya sensed that Gandalf was worried about the hobbit, Frodo, who still lay fast asleep in one of the many guest rooms. All they could do was wait, but she didn't know what they were waiting for.

There seemed to be a dark cloud hanging over everything and everyone and no one would answer her questions. Lord Elrond completely ignored them and Gandalf would keep telling her, ''All will be explained in due time''. Since his answers were always bullshit, she stopped asking him and began to research, trying to see if there was a connection between Frodo and the evil creatures that tried to attack him. It seemed like they wanted something very badly enough to track him down.

''If only I had watched the movie,''Tanya murmured to herself when she pulled a particularly large book from off the library shelf, ''then I would know what was going on now instead of in due time.''

Footsteps from the hall made her turn from the yellowing pages of the text book to see her sister, followed by Elladan and Elrohir, walk in.

''You're still in here?''she asked, looking at the dust that covered the books with distaste. ''What are you doing?''

''Oh, so you're talking to me now?''Tanya mocked, ''And to answer your question, I'm researching.''

''I'm bored. What are you researching?''

''Middle-Earth.''

''Middle what?''

Tanya rolled her eyes in annoyance and took a deep breath to calm herself.

''You mean to tell me that you've been here for almost an entire month and still don't know where you are?''she asked, hoping to God that she was wrong.

''That's right.'' No regret was even in a syllable of her sentence.

''Well, this place is called Middle Earth and the people that you have been hanging around with are called Elves.''

''I know atleast that much,''Bianca snapped, ''I'm not a complete idiot!''

''Yeah, some parts are missing,''Tanya muttered.

''What?''

''Nothing. . .just thinking aloud.''

Bianca sat down next to her sister, just as Elladan and Elrohir left the room. They were probably going to terrorize some other poor soul; Preferably Strider or Glorfindel.

''Come outside with me, I'm bored,''she groaned, trying to pull Tanya out of her seat.

''Whatever - I'm not going to find anything new with you buggin' me.''

Tanya let herself be pulled outside into the gardens, barely listening to her sister's mindless chatter, and thinking about what Frodo had to do with everyone's somber moods. Maybe she was looking too much into the whole Frodo thing. Maybe she should just enjoy her time here. Maybe there was nothing going on at all.

A loud horn sounded and she watched the gates to Rivendale open to let in a group of armed, blonde elves who were astride beautiful mares. Or maybe my hair catches on fire and my eyes fall out! There was definitely something going on and she, Tanya, was going to find out what it was. Tearing her eyes away from the newcommers, she forced herself to listen to her sister who was chattering happily about all of the pranks she had pulled on Lord Elrond.

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Bianca's hands gripped the bed's pole as a maid tightened her laces on the corset to an unimaginably small size.

''Tell me, why are we doing this - again?''she wheezed and bit her bottom lip.

''Formal dinner,''Tanya answered simply. She too was only in her corset, fixing her hair up in intricate braids. ''Important people are supposed to be there and Frodo is finally awake.''

After the group of Elves had come, more beings of Middle-Earth began to appear. Dwarves and Men. There was only one problem, Elves and Dwarves don't get along so there had been merciless pranks played on the poor creatures by Elrohir and Elladan.

''Oh yeah, the midget - ouch!'' Her corset was pulled even tighter.

''Hobbit,''Tanya corrected.

The maids left, assuming that they could finish dressing by themselves. Tanya slipped into a flowing gown of red velvet and silk. The silk sleeves were fitted but flowed out at the elbow and ended at just at the beginning of her finger nails.The kneckline was modest and square, but the dress was tight at the torso and flared out at the hips. You could just see her silk slippers, peeking out from under the hem. Bianca's gown was a complete replica of her's except it was blue.

''I really hate gowns. . .''she muttered as they headed to the dining room. ''Who the hell wears corsets!''

''Shh!''Tanya exclaimed when they approached the dinning room doors. ''Do you want everyone to know about our underwear?''

''Whatever. . .''

They were seated next to the new elves and across from them sat Elladan, Elrohir, and Strider.

Tanya suspected that Strider had arranged the seating as to keep an eye on her sister and herself. Dinner was not in the least a quiet affair; laughter and languages all mingled to make noise that was, surprisingly, pleasant. Not at all like the loud roar of their school cafeteria back home. The dwarves mainly spoke amoung themselves, occasionaly sending the elves suspicious glares. Elrohir was regailing Strider and Bianca with the tale about how he and Elladan had dyed Glorfindel's hair pink and the said elf, who sat down the length of the table, scowled at them.

Tanya just sat there, staring into space and mindlessly pushing her fruit around her plate. What she would give for a burger and fries instead of living like a vegetarian. She noticed that Frodo also seemed to be having a lousy time, maybe worse. The poor guy looked like he was ready to run back to his room at any sudden movement. She noticed the chubby hobbit - Sam something or another - was trying to get him to join in with the chatter, but Frodo only shook his head and turned his attention back to his plate.

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The night had gone a lot slower than most would have liked. Some of the men had drunken too much wine and were laughing at things that others could not see. The elves stared at them in barely hidden disgust, while Elladan and Tanya tried to get the men to drink more, but after a sharp glance from Elrond, they stopped and went about their business.

"Your father is such a party-pooper!''Tanya had exclaimed, not bothering to keep her voice down for she had already drunk three glasses of strong, elven,wine and her tongue was a bit loose.

Now, Bianca awoke to the rays of the sun and the usual chirping of the birds. She didn't move or open her eyes just yet for she was still thinking about her weird dream. It had been dark and cool and she had been floating in this oblivion for hours. There seemed to be no one around and she was unable to move or talk. There was this weird, light feeling in the pit of her stomach then; much like the same sensation she was having now. She turned her body to lay on her stomach, but didn't feel the soft cushion of the bed, but something hard and cool.

Finally opening her eyes, she noticed two things. Her sister snoring beside her and that they were not on the bed. But what could they be on? She raised up a little to see what she was lying on and saw painted murals. The same murals that were on the ceiling. Bianca's eyes got wide and her heart started to beat faster.

''Uh, Bianca?''whispered Tanya from her right. ''What are we doing on the ceiling?''

''I really don - ''Bianca's sentence was cut off by her screams as she started to plummet to the floor. She closed her eyes tight, waiting for the hard impact, but it never came. Opening her eyes, she realized that she was hoovering just a few inches from the floor.

''This is so weird. . . .''Tanya squeaked from above her and she could only knod, numbly.

It took about a half an hour to get Tanya off of the ceiling and even an hour later the two were still a bit shaken from their morning surprise.

''We tell no one about this,''Bianca decided, ''we're different enough as it is.''

But Tanya had every intention of telling someone about the whole ordeal; preferably Gandalf. So she and her sister went their seperate ways. She, to the library, and Bianca, out with Elladan and Elrohir. It didn't surprise Tanya when she spotted Gandalf having a conversation with Frodo at one of the library tables. Their conversation ended ubruptly when they caught sight of her and Frodo said a quick good-bye before leaving.

''And what can I do for you, little one?''asked Gandalf.

''Well. . . ''she told him all about her morning disaster and he listened quietly, frowning here and there.

''I will have to talk to Lord Elrond about this,''he told her when she finished.

''You don't think he'll kick us out, do you?''she asked, her eyes widening in worry.

''No, no, child,''Gandalf assured her and waved his hand at her nonsense question. ''Although, this is a quite serious matter that needs to be discussed.''

Tanya nodded and Gandalf walked off, most likely to Elrond's study. Since there was nothing else to do, she decided to research more about Middle-Earth. For a few hours, she wandered aimlessly through page after page of supposedly lost tales until something caught her eye.

''Sauron?''she murmered, looking over the name that seemed so familiar somehow.

Tanya became engrossed Sauron's tale about the magical rings. . . .

''One ring to rule them all. One ring to find them. One ring to bring them all. . .and in the darkness bind them.''

A small gasp escaped her lips when she realized what all of the hushed conversations were about; why all of middle-earth's races had gathered. It was about a ring. A ring that could be dangerous to all of middle-earth.

''Holy shit!''she exclaimed aloud and rushed out of the library, causing several elves to look her way.

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